[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 112 (Thursday, June 11, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 31963]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-15497]
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CORPORATION FOR NATIONAL AND COMMUNITY SERVICE
Call for Public Input Regarding Internet Access for AmeriCorps
Members
AGENCY: Corporation for National and Community Service.
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Corporation for National and Community Service
(Corporation) seeks input from the public as to how best to facilitate,
without expending Federal funds, free internet access for AmeriCorps
members serving in national service programs across the country.
DATES: The Corporation seeks public input until July 13, 1998.
ADDRESSES: Responses may be mailed to the Corporation at the following
address: Corporation for National Service, Attn: Erik Schmidt, 1201 New
York Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20525 or by sending electronic mail to:
eschmidt@cns.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik Schmidt, (202) 606-5000, ext.
305. The Corporation's T.D.D. number is (202) 565-2799.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Corporation is the Federal agency that
oversees national and community service programs throughout the
country. Its mission is to provide opportunities for Americans of all
ages and backgrounds to engage in service that addresses the nation's
educational, public safety, environmental, and other human needs to
achieve direct and demonstrable results and to encourage all Americans
to engage in such service. In doing so, the Corporation fosters civic
responsibility, strengthens the ties that bind us together as a people,
and provides educational opportunity for those who make a substantial
commitment to service.
AmeriCorps is the national service program that engages thousands
of adult Americans, age 17 and over, in community service and provides
education awards in exchange for that service. As President Clinton has
said, ``The success of AmeriCorps shows that service can help to meet
out most pressing needs, from renewing our cities to protecting our
environment, to immunizing poor children, to giving them mentors and
someone to look up to.'' In the 1998-1999 program year, the Corporation
expects that more than 50,000 individuals will serve as AmeriCorps
members in partnership with hundreds of local, state, and national
organizations. In return for performing at least 1,700 hours of service
in a year, each full-time AmeriCorps member receives a modest living
allowance and earns a post-service education award of $4,725 to repay
student loans or to pay for the cost of attendance at an institution of
higher education. For more information about AmeriCorps, including its
three divisions AmeriCorps*State/National, AmeriCorps*VISTA, and
AmeriCorps*National Civilian Community Corps, visit the Corporation's
home page at http://www.nationalservice.org.
The Corporation seeks to facilitate the provision of free internet
access to AmeriCorps members during their term of service. Through this
Notice, the Corporation invites comments and suggestions from internet
service providers, AmeriCorps members, organizations through which
AmeriCorps members serve, and other members of the public. Based on the
comments and suggestions received, the Corporation anticipates
publishing an invitation to internet service providers and others to
provide free internet access to all AmeriCorps members during their
term of service.
Dated: June 5, 1998.
Kenneth L. Klothen,
General Counsel, Corporation for National and Community Service.
[FR Doc. 98-15497 Filed 6-10-98; 8:45 am]
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